The Icewind Dale Trilogy

I'm not huge into sci-fi or fantasy but I always hear about the Drizzt Do'Urden stories. I can honestly say I enjoyed every minute of this book! The characters are ones found in other literature similar to this one and sometimes Drizzt is a little TOO infallible but you find yourself rooting for him and his friends through each adventure.

RA Salvatore can write entertaining stories, and I'd recommend all of his Drizzt books through to the ones he hasn't yet written.

With that said, if you own the books yourselves I'd recommend when you get to each new section heading and Drizzt writes an op-ed essay in the first person in the italic text, just do yourself a favor and rip those pages out of the book entirely. Pretend they don't exist.

I think RA Salvatore falls into the trap of role playing Drizzt and expressing ideas he believes Drizzt believes, but doesn't believe to be true himself. That or his worldview needs more critical thinking. Most of the ideas expressed in Drizzt's essays are lazy, and the ideas that don't seem as lazy would be torn up with quick rebuttals if show more reposted in any messageboard anywhere. All those years ago when I read the first several books, the early essays didn't grate on me so much, and on rereading the series recently, they weren't so bad. So clearly RA Salvatore is getting lazier as he writes more books.

Whatever the reason, the Drizzt essays actively aggravate me. But they're only a small section of each book, and you can skip them without losing any of the plot, so it's no big deal.

Anyway the action is worth it. The books are entertaining and I'd recommend them, so long as you a) skip the truly terrible essays/op-eds at the beginning of each section, and b) take a D&D campaign view of the plot which explains a lot of unexplainable events and meaningless character deaths.

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One of the best AD&D (Dungeons and Dragons) fantasy trilogies. This series introduces the Drow ranger, Drizz't and his companions Bruenor the dwarf, Wulfgar the human barbarian, Regis the halfling and Catti-brie the fighter. One of the things that makes this series stand out is Salvatore's treatment of dwarves and drow elves, expanding on the limited scope of them in D&D fantasy and giving both races some real depth. (pun intended).

A fun book with plenty of action and world-building, but guilty of excessively using magic as a storytelling crutch.

I can't. I'm sorry, I just can't get into books like this. I started reading this book at the suggestion of my husband but I just can't. I like fantasy fiction but I'm a bit picky about this particular genre because I can't get into books like this. The names of people and places are ridiculously hard to pronounce (even just in your head), the scenes & stories are typical cliche's and it is extremely difficult for me to get into the story at all. Its just not for me.
However I'm sure someone that enjoys high fantasy such as World of Warcraft and Dungeons and Dragons on a frequent basis would really enjoy these books. Would definitely recommend to someone fitting this description.

Must read for fantasy enthusiasts! Salvatore really knows how to keep a character fresh with his character evolution.

This is a classic of Drizzt Du Urden. He is a dark elf. He ventures up through the underworld (home of the Dark Elf’s) to escape the harsh teachings and beliefs of his race. Above ground no one likes him except for a select few. In this book Drizzt teams up with his friends for three books. He stops a tribe of barbarians from destroying the Ten Towns and slays the frost dragon icing fang. he rediscovers the mithril halls, once a home to the dwarfs. This book has three stories inside. as you progress further you will get more and more absorbed into the story.